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BASEBALL r i
N. C. State—Wednesday
TRACK i
V. P. I.—Saturday j THE CADET
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
GOVERNMENT INSPECTION
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY
VOL. XXIII LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1930 No. 28
Rear Admiral
Robison Ad-dresses
Corps
Talk Made In J. M. Hall Preced-ing
Retreat.
SUPT. OF NAVAL ACADEMY
SPEAKS OF WAR AND
PEACE TIME ACTIVITIES
Exhorts Cadets To Be Ever
Proud of School.
Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, su-perintendent
of the United States
Naval Academy, and his wife, were
the guests of General and Mrs. Le-jeune
and of the Institute last Mon-day.
Admiral Robison was accorded
a thirteen gun salute at his arrival,
and, in lieu of witnessing a review
by the corps which had been admit-tedly
one of the prime purposes of
his visit, he addressed the assembled
corps in Jackson Memorial Hall pre-ceding
Retreat.
General Lejeune introduced the
Admiral as a fellow member of the
greatest class that ever graduated
from Annapolis, and it was some
time before either could convince the
other that that one was the greatest
man in the class. Following the ex-change
of compliments which proved
of great amusement to the Corps.
Admiral Robison spoke to the cadets
on his experiences overseas during
the war. He included in his talk a
partial description of United Stater
military and naval activities in for-eign
countries, both in war and peace
time. He alluded briefly to the fame
of V. M. I. and its relations with the
Naval Academy and concluded with
an exhortation to the cadets to al-ways
be proud of their uniforms.
New Pilot and Staff
of Sniper Elected
C. C. Brown Will Edit Issue To
Appear During Final
Week.
At a meeting of the Sniper Staff
last night Cantwell C. Brown was
named as Editor-in-Chief of the
Sniper for the coming year. He will
have as his Business Manager Char-ley
Wills, who has been under the
tutorship of Frank Hanna for the
past year. Continuing the practice
of this year there will be a third man
in the front line who acts as a con-necting
link between the Editorial
Board and Business Staff. This po-sition,
which has recently been
brought to prominence by the work
of Albin Peden, will be entrusted to
John R. Whitney for the coming
year. The position of Art Editor
was again awarded to Harrison
Nicholas.
Under the leadership of these mer-it
is expected that Sir Sniper will
continue to prosper and to uphold
the high place that it now occupies
in the field of College Journalism.
(Continued on Page 8.)
Exteriors of Maury-Brooke
and Mess Hall Beautified
j Due to the unswerving and inex-
| haustible labor of a contingent of fa-
' mous and experienced local engineers,
cement mixers and hole-diggers, the
regions to the immediate left of the
front entrance to the Mess Hall and
in the front yard of the Chemistry
Building have been transformed with-in
the week from barren waste-land
t and liyid eyesores into spots oi
i j beauty and j?y forever. No longer
does common grass or vulgar dirt
i greet the eye of the visitor as he per-
\ 'uses the buildings and grounds of the
'Institute, but iron chains and neat
posts and other military fixtures im-posts
impress his vision.
These improvements are a contin-
' uation of the series of betterment
| projects'begun recently with tht
State Marker and its surrounding
masonry on the lower road.
Corps to Be Given Lecture
On 1918 Offensive
On April 30th, the Corps will
be given a lecture on "Allied
Preliminary Offensives of 1918"
by Major F. T. Armstrong, in the
Jackson Memorial Hall.
Major Armstrong is a Field
Artillery officer attached to the
Air Corps Tactical School at
Langley Field, Virginia.
The lecture will be illustrated
by the use of slides, and should
be one of a type which will
prove to be of much interest to
the Corps.
17th and 19th Cent.
Painting Discussed
Spanish, French and English;
Schools With Character-istics
of Each Covered.
Colonel Moseley opened the paint-ing
series of his art lectures with a
talk on the most important painters
of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries in the academic building •
last' Tuesday night. Artists of the
French, English, and Spanish schools
were discussed, and a number of the
works of each were illustrated. Sev-eral
Flemish and Dutch artists were |
also mentioned.
"The first half of the eighteenth
century," said Colonel Moseley, "was i
an important time in France, in Eng-land,
and in Spain. In France it
marked the end of the renaissance;
in England, it marked the beginning
of a new art era; in Spain it was j
a link between the painters of the
seventeenth century and those of
modern times." Watteau, the great
French artist, felt the influence of
Reubens and others who had preced-ed
him. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gains-borough,
and Hograth were forming
a new group in England, for up to
this time English art had been dom-inated
mostly by foreigners. Goya,
of Spain, was a versatile artist, paint-ing
portraits and scenes.
Watteau was one of the most im-portant
of the French painters of the
period. He did most of his work foi
the court, and his pictures usually de-pict
the gay side of French life. His
figures are small and gay, his land-scapes
are fanciful and charming
and, as a rule, his pictures are high-ly
colored and brilliant. "The Em-barrassing
Propostion," "The En-chanted
Isle," and "The Embarkation
for Cythera" are all characteristic of
Watteau. In "The Embarkation for
(Continued on Page 8.)
RICHARD E. BYRD
Corps to be Honor Escort to Adm.
Byrd in New York on June 14th
Cadets Vote To Extend Session Three Days In Order To March
In Organized Body At Alumnus' Reception.
The existing plans for the trip of
the Corps to New York, while very
general form a nearly certain out-line
for the detailed arrangements.
Until all the necessary funds have
been raised and until complete trans-portation
plans are worked out, there
can be no definite schedule published.
The conduct of the Corps in New
York will be governed by the ar-rangements
which are made for the
reception of the Byrd party and the
attending parade.
Mayor Walker of New York City,
through the Governor of Virginia,
officially invited the Corps of Ca-dets
of the Virginia Military Insti-tute
to act as an escort of honor to
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
in the parade which will be held in
honor of the well known explorer
when he lands in New York on June
14 on his return from Antarctic ex-plorations.
A welcome which will do
justice to the accomplishments of the
expedition, as well as to the man who
has led it, is being planned for Byrd
and his followers. Before replying
to this request General Lejeune wish-ed
to consult the Cadets upon the
matter. The eager response of the
Corps to this proposal indicated its
willingness to participate in the cere-monies
and the Superintendent has
advised Governor Pollard according-ly.
The question of finances remains
(Continued on Piute 8.)
Brilliant Dances
Feature End of
Easter Week
Roy Ingroham Scores Success
With New York Orchestra.
BARE GYMNASIUM TRANS-FORMED
BY GREEN AND
WHITE STREAMERS
Many Girls Furnish Attractive
Crowd.
All of the usual social functions of
the past week were 'quite over-shadowed
by the Easter <>ances which
were held on Friday and Saturday
nights. Although there was nothing
about the Easter Hops that marked
them as being diffrent from those
of the past, it must be said, trite as
it might sound, that every one de-rived
much pleasure from them and
agreed that Easter Hops were fully
up to the high standards that have
been known to exist at V: M. I.
In speaking of the success of the
IIop3 one can not go far without
mentioning Roy Ingroham's Orches-tra.
This band playing its first V.
M. I. Hop, gave a very creditable
performance and did much toward
eliminating the atmosphere of dis-satisfaction
that has been noticeable
here recently.
The main hall of the new p-ym was
transformed from a bare athletic
room with its chest weights and
wooden horses to a very attractive
ball room of green and white
streamers. The orchestra settled be-neath
a huge checker board resona-tor
completed the rather pleasing pic-ture.
A goodly number of young ladiem
from both anear and afar were there
to add that final and most necessary
element. As usual they appeared t«
even greater advantage than before.
Hops are funny that way.
Appointments For
1931 Bomb Staff
New Organization Already At
Work On Publication of
Bullet.
Keydets Down Cavalier Nine By Score Of 10 To 1
NINTH WIN FOR V. M. I. IS FOURTH IN TRI-STATE LEAGUE; AVERAGE GIVES NINE
LEAD IN RACE ,
Monks Pres. of Dram. Club
Dayhuff and Stokes Elected
Business and Stage Mana-gers,
Respectively.
At an informal meeting called by
Colonel Moseley in J. M. Hall last
Thursday night, the Dramatic Club
elected its officers for next season.
Monks was unanimously named pres-ident;
Dayhuff and Stokes were
named business manager and stage
manager. Porter McCray, the retir-ing
president, formally disbanded the
club for this year, though he said he
hoped to call one more informal
meeting for the purpose of reading
over several plays under considera-tion
for next year.
Colonel Moseley stated that in se-lecting
a play to produce next year
he wanted to keep in mind the fact
that it would probably be taken to
Richmond, and that he did not think
it wise to consider a play that had been
seen there recently. The trip made
this year to Richmond with "The
Dover Road" was so satisfactory that
Colonel Moseley expects to take next
year's production there in the late
fall.
Williams Holds Virginia Batmen t n f n • 1 to two safe Blows; Laug- 1roupe rertorms rridav
horn Scores Home Run
In First Inning.
The Cadets continued their win-ning
streak and ran it up to nine
games when they defeated the Uni-versity
of Virginia, 10 to 1, for the
second time this season. The teams
met this time on Lambeth Field in
Charlottesville, and the Keydets
again hammered Cavalier pitchers
for 16 hits, resulting in 10 runs. This
win was the fourth in the Tri-State
League and enabled the varsity nine
to hold their undisputed lead in the
race.
Lefty Williams held the upper hand
in the game and held the Cavalier-batsmen
to two safe blows, sending
eight of them to the bench by the
strike-out route. Although erratic at
times, he tightened in the pinches
and it was the seventh inning before
Steinburg got to his delivery for the
first hit of the game for Virginia.
Gillie Laughorn started the scor-ing
in the first frame when he drove
out a long drive to left field that was
good for the circuit. Ellis, starting
{Continued on Page 4.)
Second Class Production Is Re-ceived
With Enthusiasm
By Corps.
The Institute's original girl show
was inaugurated in Jackson Memor-ial
Hall last Friday night with the
Hutchinson Revue from Richmond,
sponsored by the Class of '31 in lieu
of the regular minstrel. The troupe,
consisting of fourteen girl dancers
and produced by Milton C. Hutchin-son,
was received with enthusiasm
! by the corps because of its extreme
novelty to cadet life, and a very
large audience was in attendance.
Music by the Ramblin* Keydets was
one of the outstanding features of the
evening. Musical arrangements and
accompaniments were made by Bill
Patterson.
The program opened with a danc- i
ing number, "The Shag Step," which
was also sung by Miss Frances De- j
laney, probably the star of the en-!
tire show, and which gave a good in-troduction
to the spirit and content j
of the revue. Eleven scheduled num- J
bera followed, including one or two j
I Continued 011 Paice 5.)
Last week the entire staff of the
1931 Bomb was selected by Leavell
and Carmichael, who head the Edi-torial
and Business staffs. It is hoped
that the members of the Corps will
co-operate with all of there men and
help make next year's annua) a suc-cess.
Work on the '31 "Bullet" has
been commenced and the copy will be
ready for the printers in the near
future. The Bomb will be published
next year, as usual, by the Benson
Printing Company and ihe Capitol
Engraving Company. Following is a
complete list of the members of next
year's staff:
Editorial Staff.
Editor-in-Chief, B. S. Leavell; As-sistant
Editor-in-Chief, C. H. Day-huff;
Athletic Editor, S. M. Walker;
Photographic Editor, W. C. Vaug-han;
Literary Editor, J. R. Whitney;
Art Editor, T. A. Wooters; Outrage
(Continued on Pate 8.)
Lieut. Howard Detached for
Inspection of J. M. Corps
Following the annual custom of
the past few years, Lieutenant E. B.
Howard has been detailed by Gen-eral
Lejeune to make an inspection
of the John Marshall High School
Corps of Cadets about June 5th.
The Commandant of Cadets at
John Marshall is Captain James CL
Anthony, who is at present on leave
from the V. M. I. faculty to fulfill
these duties.
The Cadet Corps of John Marshall
is recognized as the best oi its type
in Virginia, and one of the best is
the South. > .;,;:•

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BASEBALL r i
N. C. State—Wednesday
TRACK i
V. P. I.—Saturday j THE CADET
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
GOVERNMENT INSPECTION
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY
VOL. XXIII LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1930 No. 28
Rear Admiral
Robison Ad-dresses
Corps
Talk Made In J. M. Hall Preced-ing
Retreat.
SUPT. OF NAVAL ACADEMY
SPEAKS OF WAR AND
PEACE TIME ACTIVITIES
Exhorts Cadets To Be Ever
Proud of School.
Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, su-perintendent
of the United States
Naval Academy, and his wife, were
the guests of General and Mrs. Le-jeune
and of the Institute last Mon-day.
Admiral Robison was accorded
a thirteen gun salute at his arrival,
and, in lieu of witnessing a review
by the corps which had been admit-tedly
one of the prime purposes of
his visit, he addressed the assembled
corps in Jackson Memorial Hall pre-ceding
Retreat.
General Lejeune introduced the
Admiral as a fellow member of the
greatest class that ever graduated
from Annapolis, and it was some
time before either could convince the
other that that one was the greatest
man in the class. Following the ex-change
of compliments which proved
of great amusement to the Corps.
Admiral Robison spoke to the cadets
on his experiences overseas during
the war. He included in his talk a
partial description of United Stater
military and naval activities in for-eign
countries, both in war and peace
time. He alluded briefly to the fame
of V. M. I. and its relations with the
Naval Academy and concluded with
an exhortation to the cadets to al-ways
be proud of their uniforms.
New Pilot and Staff
of Sniper Elected
C. C. Brown Will Edit Issue To
Appear During Final
Week.
At a meeting of the Sniper Staff
last night Cantwell C. Brown was
named as Editor-in-Chief of the
Sniper for the coming year. He will
have as his Business Manager Char-ley
Wills, who has been under the
tutorship of Frank Hanna for the
past year. Continuing the practice
of this year there will be a third man
in the front line who acts as a con-necting
link between the Editorial
Board and Business Staff. This po-sition,
which has recently been
brought to prominence by the work
of Albin Peden, will be entrusted to
John R. Whitney for the coming
year. The position of Art Editor
was again awarded to Harrison
Nicholas.
Under the leadership of these mer-it
is expected that Sir Sniper will
continue to prosper and to uphold
the high place that it now occupies
in the field of College Journalism.
(Continued on Page 8.)
Exteriors of Maury-Brooke
and Mess Hall Beautified
j Due to the unswerving and inex-
| haustible labor of a contingent of fa-
' mous and experienced local engineers,
cement mixers and hole-diggers, the
regions to the immediate left of the
front entrance to the Mess Hall and
in the front yard of the Chemistry
Building have been transformed with-in
the week from barren waste-land
t and liyid eyesores into spots oi
i j beauty and j?y forever. No longer
does common grass or vulgar dirt
i greet the eye of the visitor as he per-
\ 'uses the buildings and grounds of the
'Institute, but iron chains and neat
posts and other military fixtures im-posts
impress his vision.
These improvements are a contin-
' uation of the series of betterment
| projects'begun recently with tht
State Marker and its surrounding
masonry on the lower road.
Corps to Be Given Lecture
On 1918 Offensive
On April 30th, the Corps will
be given a lecture on "Allied
Preliminary Offensives of 1918"
by Major F. T. Armstrong, in the
Jackson Memorial Hall.
Major Armstrong is a Field
Artillery officer attached to the
Air Corps Tactical School at
Langley Field, Virginia.
The lecture will be illustrated
by the use of slides, and should
be one of a type which will
prove to be of much interest to
the Corps.
17th and 19th Cent.
Painting Discussed
Spanish, French and English;
Schools With Character-istics
of Each Covered.
Colonel Moseley opened the paint-ing
series of his art lectures with a
talk on the most important painters
of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries in the academic building •
last' Tuesday night. Artists of the
French, English, and Spanish schools
were discussed, and a number of the
works of each were illustrated. Sev-eral
Flemish and Dutch artists were |
also mentioned.
"The first half of the eighteenth
century," said Colonel Moseley, "was i
an important time in France, in Eng-land,
and in Spain. In France it
marked the end of the renaissance;
in England, it marked the beginning
of a new art era; in Spain it was j
a link between the painters of the
seventeenth century and those of
modern times." Watteau, the great
French artist, felt the influence of
Reubens and others who had preced-ed
him. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gains-borough,
and Hograth were forming
a new group in England, for up to
this time English art had been dom-inated
mostly by foreigners. Goya,
of Spain, was a versatile artist, paint-ing
portraits and scenes.
Watteau was one of the most im-portant
of the French painters of the
period. He did most of his work foi
the court, and his pictures usually de-pict
the gay side of French life. His
figures are small and gay, his land-scapes
are fanciful and charming
and, as a rule, his pictures are high-ly
colored and brilliant. "The Em-barrassing
Propostion," "The En-chanted
Isle," and "The Embarkation
for Cythera" are all characteristic of
Watteau. In "The Embarkation for
(Continued on Page 8.)
RICHARD E. BYRD
Corps to be Honor Escort to Adm.
Byrd in New York on June 14th
Cadets Vote To Extend Session Three Days In Order To March
In Organized Body At Alumnus' Reception.
The existing plans for the trip of
the Corps to New York, while very
general form a nearly certain out-line
for the detailed arrangements.
Until all the necessary funds have
been raised and until complete trans-portation
plans are worked out, there
can be no definite schedule published.
The conduct of the Corps in New
York will be governed by the ar-rangements
which are made for the
reception of the Byrd party and the
attending parade.
Mayor Walker of New York City,
through the Governor of Virginia,
officially invited the Corps of Ca-dets
of the Virginia Military Insti-tute
to act as an escort of honor to
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
in the parade which will be held in
honor of the well known explorer
when he lands in New York on June
14 on his return from Antarctic ex-plorations.
A welcome which will do
justice to the accomplishments of the
expedition, as well as to the man who
has led it, is being planned for Byrd
and his followers. Before replying
to this request General Lejeune wish-ed
to consult the Cadets upon the
matter. The eager response of the
Corps to this proposal indicated its
willingness to participate in the cere-monies
and the Superintendent has
advised Governor Pollard according-ly.
The question of finances remains
(Continued on Piute 8.)
Brilliant Dances
Feature End of
Easter Week
Roy Ingroham Scores Success
With New York Orchestra.
BARE GYMNASIUM TRANS-FORMED
BY GREEN AND
WHITE STREAMERS
Many Girls Furnish Attractive
Crowd.
All of the usual social functions of
the past week were 'quite over-shadowed
by the Easter <>ances which
were held on Friday and Saturday
nights. Although there was nothing
about the Easter Hops that marked
them as being diffrent from those
of the past, it must be said, trite as
it might sound, that every one de-rived
much pleasure from them and
agreed that Easter Hops were fully
up to the high standards that have
been known to exist at V: M. I.
In speaking of the success of the
IIop3 one can not go far without
mentioning Roy Ingroham's Orches-tra.
This band playing its first V.
M. I. Hop, gave a very creditable
performance and did much toward
eliminating the atmosphere of dis-satisfaction
that has been noticeable
here recently.
The main hall of the new p-ym was
transformed from a bare athletic
room with its chest weights and
wooden horses to a very attractive
ball room of green and white
streamers. The orchestra settled be-neath
a huge checker board resona-tor
completed the rather pleasing pic-ture.
A goodly number of young ladiem
from both anear and afar were there
to add that final and most necessary
element. As usual they appeared t«
even greater advantage than before.
Hops are funny that way.
Appointments For
1931 Bomb Staff
New Organization Already At
Work On Publication of
Bullet.
Keydets Down Cavalier Nine By Score Of 10 To 1
NINTH WIN FOR V. M. I. IS FOURTH IN TRI-STATE LEAGUE; AVERAGE GIVES NINE
LEAD IN RACE ,
Monks Pres. of Dram. Club
Dayhuff and Stokes Elected
Business and Stage Mana-gers,
Respectively.
At an informal meeting called by
Colonel Moseley in J. M. Hall last
Thursday night, the Dramatic Club
elected its officers for next season.
Monks was unanimously named pres-ident;
Dayhuff and Stokes were
named business manager and stage
manager. Porter McCray, the retir-ing
president, formally disbanded the
club for this year, though he said he
hoped to call one more informal
meeting for the purpose of reading
over several plays under considera-tion
for next year.
Colonel Moseley stated that in se-lecting
a play to produce next year
he wanted to keep in mind the fact
that it would probably be taken to
Richmond, and that he did not think
it wise to consider a play that had been
seen there recently. The trip made
this year to Richmond with "The
Dover Road" was so satisfactory that
Colonel Moseley expects to take next
year's production there in the late
fall.
Williams Holds Virginia Batmen t n f n • 1 to two safe Blows; Laug- 1roupe rertorms rridav
horn Scores Home Run
In First Inning.
The Cadets continued their win-ning
streak and ran it up to nine
games when they defeated the Uni-versity
of Virginia, 10 to 1, for the
second time this season. The teams
met this time on Lambeth Field in
Charlottesville, and the Keydets
again hammered Cavalier pitchers
for 16 hits, resulting in 10 runs. This
win was the fourth in the Tri-State
League and enabled the varsity nine
to hold their undisputed lead in the
race.
Lefty Williams held the upper hand
in the game and held the Cavalier-batsmen
to two safe blows, sending
eight of them to the bench by the
strike-out route. Although erratic at
times, he tightened in the pinches
and it was the seventh inning before
Steinburg got to his delivery for the
first hit of the game for Virginia.
Gillie Laughorn started the scor-ing
in the first frame when he drove
out a long drive to left field that was
good for the circuit. Ellis, starting
{Continued on Page 4.)
Second Class Production Is Re-ceived
With Enthusiasm
By Corps.
The Institute's original girl show
was inaugurated in Jackson Memor-ial
Hall last Friday night with the
Hutchinson Revue from Richmond,
sponsored by the Class of '31 in lieu
of the regular minstrel. The troupe,
consisting of fourteen girl dancers
and produced by Milton C. Hutchin-son,
was received with enthusiasm
! by the corps because of its extreme
novelty to cadet life, and a very
large audience was in attendance.
Music by the Ramblin* Keydets was
one of the outstanding features of the
evening. Musical arrangements and
accompaniments were made by Bill
Patterson.
The program opened with a danc- i
ing number, "The Shag Step," which
was also sung by Miss Frances De- j
laney, probably the star of the en-!
tire show, and which gave a good in-troduction
to the spirit and content j
of the revue. Eleven scheduled num- J
bera followed, including one or two j
I Continued 011 Paice 5.)
Last week the entire staff of the
1931 Bomb was selected by Leavell
and Carmichael, who head the Edi-torial
and Business staffs. It is hoped
that the members of the Corps will
co-operate with all of there men and
help make next year's annua) a suc-cess.
Work on the '31 "Bullet" has
been commenced and the copy will be
ready for the printers in the near
future. The Bomb will be published
next year, as usual, by the Benson
Printing Company and ihe Capitol
Engraving Company. Following is a
complete list of the members of next
year's staff:
Editorial Staff.
Editor-in-Chief, B. S. Leavell; As-sistant
Editor-in-Chief, C. H. Day-huff;
Athletic Editor, S. M. Walker;
Photographic Editor, W. C. Vaug-han;
Literary Editor, J. R. Whitney;
Art Editor, T. A. Wooters; Outrage
(Continued on Pate 8.)
Lieut. Howard Detached for
Inspection of J. M. Corps
Following the annual custom of
the past few years, Lieutenant E. B.
Howard has been detailed by Gen-eral
Lejeune to make an inspection
of the John Marshall High School
Corps of Cadets about June 5th.
The Commandant of Cadets at
John Marshall is Captain James CL
Anthony, who is at present on leave
from the V. M. I. faculty to fulfill
these duties.
The Cadet Corps of John Marshall
is recognized as the best oi its type
in Virginia, and one of the best is
the South. > .;,;:•